Think of it as bud — light. Despite the police headlines about increased potency, the legal marijuana landscape is actually becoming more mellow and mild thanks to the influence of moderate, mainstream consumers as well as state regulations. These mild pot products now include: mints that pack a barely noticeable body buzz and unwind stress; […] More »

Tag: Amendment 64

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper adamantly opposed Amendment 64 — the referendum that legalized marijuana in his state — for fear that the new “stoner image” might drive away future businesses and would send his beloved state into economic fallout. “We haven’t seen it yet,” he said in an interview with Buzzfeed regarding feared negative economic […] More »

It’s American as apple pie, guns and the war on drugs. The Denver County Fair this year is making room for one of America’s most popular yet maligned agricultural products: marijuana. The Denver Post reports Wednesday that sponsors are lining up in support of the devil weed’s inclusion at the Denver County Fair Aug. 1-3. […] More »

A survey of 18 retail marijuana businesses in Colorado suggests the newly legal industry paid anywhere from $1.24 million to $3 million in taxes in the first 30 days of business. The stores are on track to add $100 million in marijuana tax revenue to Colorado in the first year of recreational sales. By comparison, […] More »

The number of Coloradans busted a for a little weed is plummeting in the Centennial State since the passage of full-on marijuana legalization in 2012. Colorado prosecutors filed 81 percent less marijuana possession charges in the first nine months of 2013 compared to the first nine months of 2012, Denver Post reports Sunday. “That may […] More »

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart was oddly mum Monday about the historic beginning to legal sales of weed to any adult over 21 in Colorado Jan. 1. But that was because he was loading up for Tuesday, when he put professional morons on Fox news and elsewhere on blast for their idiotic, biased reporting. […] More »

Thank God Colbert Report is back from its holiday break. We’ve gone nearly a whole week taking in confusing, back-pedaling opinions on Colorado’s new legal marijuana laws from columnists such as the New York Times‘ David Brooks and Washington Post‘s Ruth Marcus. Colbert returned last night to skew both Brooks and Marcus while offering his […] More »

A satirical news website has made fools out of millions on the internet with a fake story saying 37 deaths occurred from overdoses on the first day of Colorado’s new legal recreational marijuana laws. “Marijuana Overdoses Kill 37 in Colorado On First Day of Legalization,” read the headline of the Daily Currant‘s fake news story […] More »

Colorado legal pot sales hit $1 million on day one, according to a now-widely circulated yet totally speculative estimate from one pot shop owner in the state. Guesses aside, sales remained brisk through the weekend, and many think clubs will run out of state-licensed pot to sell in the coming days. That’s because the state […] More »

Now that Colorado just became one of the marijuana capitals of the world, the Denver Post recently launched the Cannabist, a website dedicated to the new pot culture the state has built for itself. Helmed by the Post‘s marijuana editor Ricardo Baca, the Cannabist offers their view on weed-related news, culture, entertainment, and food. The […] More »

As the smoke clears (or gets thicker, depending on your perspective) in Colorado after the first day of recreational marijuana sales, residents there are settling in to what will be a new normal for them: adults buying weed for any reason at all. The first person to take advantage of the new system was Iraq […] More »

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